Multisite exploration of clinical decision making for antibiotic use by emergency medicine providers using quantitative and qualitative methods

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1114-1125

  May, Larissa ^a   Gudger, Glencora ^a   Armstrong, Paige ^a   Brooks, Gillian ^a   Hinds, Pamela ^a   Bhat, Rahul ^b   Moran, Gregory J ^c   Schwartz, Lisa ^a   Cosgrove, Sara E ^d   Klein, Eili Y ^e   Rothman, Richard E ^d   Rand, Cynthia ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONLINE MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905965597     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677637     Document Type: Article

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